Words do not adequately describe my passion for Marotta's pizza. I've been going there since the mid-2000s. I am as intense a pizza connoisseur as I know, and this far and away tops my list in the Cleveland area. I've spent 20 years scouring Cleveland for New York-style pizza, and I've found it nowhere else except for a place downtown (which is my second-favorite Cleveland pizza maker). To be sure, Marotta's pizza is not a cheap, by-the-slice NY-style place. It is high-end with the best ingredients. A key bonus is that the owners and staff are not only courteous, but become friends to customers. And the restaurant atmosphere is intimate (even for carryout, which occurs in a small bit atmospheric place). It is not hyperbole to say that getting Marotta's is always a high point of my month. I cannot overstate how much I adore this place and its pizza.